Story Telling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCDDCC CCEEFFCC CCCCG H IICCJJKK LLFFC MM| A | |
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| Most every night when they're in bed | B |
| And both their little prayers have said | B |
| They shout for me to come upstairs | C |
| And tell them tales of gypsies bold | D |
| And eagles with the claws that hold | D |
| A baby's weight and fairy sprites | C |
| That roam the woods on starry nights | C |
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| And I must illustrate these tales | C |
| Must imitate the northern gales | C |
| That toss the Indian's canoe | E |
| And show the way he paddles too | E |
| If in the story comes a bear | F |
| I have to pause and sniff the air | F |
| And show the way he climbs the trees | C |
| To steal the honey from the bees | C |
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| And then I buzz like angry bees | C |
| And sting him on his nose and knees | C |
| And howl in pain till mother cries | C |
| 'That pair will never shut their eyes | C |
| While all that noise up there you make | G |
| You're simply keeping them awake ' | - |
| And then they whisper 'Just one more ' | - |
| And once again I'm forced to roar | H |
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| New stories every night they ask | I |
| And that is not an easy task | I |
| I have to be so many things | C |
| The frog that croaks the lark that sings | C |
| The cunning fox the frightened hen | J |
| But just last night they stumped me when | J |
| They wanted me to twist and squirm | K |
| And imitate an angle worm | K |
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| At last they tumble off to sleep | L |
| And softly from their room I creep | L |
| And brush and comb the shock of hair | F |
| I tossed about to be a bear | F |
| Then mother says 'Well I should say | C |
| You're just as much a child as they ' | - |
| But you can bet I'll not resign | M |
| That story telling job of mine | M |
Edgar Albert Guest
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